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Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment, which is similar to amendment No. 21 that I tabled but which has been ruled out of order because of its references to value added tax and the manner in which it should be calculated. As Senator Bacik has indicated, there was a debate on this issue on Committee Stage. The purpose is to ensure complexes are properly completed and the nub of the issue is how to...

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 8, line 2, after "completed" to insert "as certified by a professional person". I note the Minister has referred to the difficulty of certifying completion and issues of professional indemnity insurance, but I would have thought that in this section we would have some mechanism by which we can determine the point at which a development is completed. If...

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: On that basis, I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 11, to delete lines 42 to 51 and in page 12, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following: "13.—(1) From the commencement of this section, an owners' management company shall be incorporated under the Companies Acts for a multi-unit development which comprises 5 units or more and shall carry out the functions referred to in this Act. (2) The title...

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second amendment No. 29.

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: Members raise many issues to good effect in this House in respect of the standards that are applied in FÁS, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Anglo Irish Bank and so on, and in respect of the practices of Deputies Bertie Ahern, O'Dea and Fahey, especially the latter's sham lost at sea scheme. Members have highlighted issues, emphasised standards and made a contribution in that...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: I hope in this case we will have a proper analysis and exposé of what happened. There should be an inquiry to ascertain whether any other Member of the House has acted in that way since this Seanad commenced in 2007. I add my voice to those who have raised the issue of piracy by the Israeli forces in international waters in respect of the flotilla of aid headed for Gaza. We had the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Minister for Foreign Affairs has also done so——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: ——but if we are to have statements tomorrow, I ask that the Minister come to the House to explain, when he cries foul——

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jun 2010)

Eugene Regan: ——the action he will take against Israel.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (National Convention Centre) Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: I agree that the national conference centre should have an intoxicating liquor licence. I support the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: Yesterday we heard the bad news of the loss of 785 jobs in Pfizer. We knew the merger of Pfizer and Wyeth in January last year would inevitably lead to some rationalisation and job losses but the extent of the losses came as a surprise. I am taken by the Tánaiste's statement yesterday when she said that Pfizer's decision had nothing to do with the Irish economy. She stated we are in fact...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: Surprisingly, Pfizer is to close a plant in Dún Laoghaire completely between now and 2014. IDA Ireland will be engaged to find a replacement plant and Pfizer will attempt to find a new operator to take over what is a very modern plant. I hope this plan succeeds. On "Tonight with Vincent Browne" last night, Richard Boyd Barrett of the Socialist Workers Party, trading as People Before...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: I regret the job cuts announced today by the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, which already employs 5,000 people in the country. This sector is seen as fundamentally important to our export performance and maintaining a strong manufacturing base. I also regret the closure of its plant in Dún Laoghaire which is important to the area. It reflects the lack of direction in the Government's key...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: There are groups which are legitimately protesting but are hijacked by an extreme element which has a political philosophy contrary to what most people believe in. In essence, it is about State ownership of all means of production, raising taxes and rejecting the democratic system in which governments are changed in elections and not otherwise. It is important, therefore, people do not...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Eugene Regan: We cannot expect bailouts from Brussels of the scale that has just happened - €750 billion in the last week - without playing our part in co-operating in the co-ordination of budgetary policy. The NTMA could not go into the market to borrow in the last number of weeks because of what had happened in the financial markets. The support we have received from the ECB over the last two years...